Netflix‘s live-action adaptation of the anime classic Avatar: The Last Airbender is now out, and a lot of fans of the original are not happy about it.The series runs for eight episodes and follows Aang, the last survivor of the airbender tribe as he trains to become the Avatar after he is discovered frozen in a block of ice.
Once he’s freed, he has to learn and master all four elements – Air, Water, Earth and Fire – in order to defeat Firelord Ozai and, with the help of Katara and Sokka, liberate the world from his authoritarian rule.This adaptation stars Gordon Cormier (Lost In Space, The Stand) in the lead role as Aang, while Kiawentiio (Anne with an E) plays Katara.
Sokka is portrayed by Ian Ousley (13 Reasons Why, Young Sheldon) and Prince Zuko is played by Dallas Liu (Marvel’s Shang Chi and the Legend Of The Ten Rings).The original Nickelodeon anime series ran for three seasons between 2005 and 2008, with a critically-savaged film adaptation having been made in 2010 by M.
Night Shyamalan.In a three-star review of the new show, NME wrote: “Such is the exuberant nature of The Last Airbender, it’s hard not to get swept up in this crazed fantasy.
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